Fra: Python-Dev [mailto:python-dev-bounces+ajm=flonidan...@python.org] På vegne af Terry Reedy: >> Deprecation schedule >> ==================== > > I think it worth adding that some modules were deprecated years ago but kept > until after 2.7 end-of-life to ease 3.x transition. Removing modules is not > a sudden new idea. > > Also, the proposed schedule (with one exception) is a slower alternative than > proposals to add a deprecation warning (if not one already) in 3.8 and remove > in 3.9.
About that schedule: I think the removal version should be called 4.0. These are working modules that to varying degrees are still in use that are being removed. It's perfectly legitimate for python-dev to decide to stop maintaining them, but it's a breaking change none the less. For me, it's a couple of CGI scripts that will break. If I hadn't read this thread, I would at some point be confronted with a ModuleNotFoundError exception, with no guidance on how to fix that. That's not a very good user experience, even if a fix can be found after some googling. A major version change serves as a heads up that something is going on and you need to check the consequences before upgrading. regards, Anders _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
